Tuesday, September 15, 2009

India Breaking the final jinx

Wow India finally managed to break the final jinx and win!!!!! Well all in all a exciting game of cricket, be it the master class batting of the genius Sachin or stroke making of yuvi or cool composure of Kandamby or aggressiveness by bhajji all in all a fitting final
Yes of course we(India) just sneaked the win but a win is a win, so all qs of Sachin not firing in finals has been put to rest till we reach the next finals and depending on how he plays it.
Well fielding was a big letdown and so was the pace department, we were back to 1980-1990 standard of fielding sloppy work in the field, missing dolly simple catches, Ishant looks a shadow of what he was when he bursted on the international screen, RP was on and off, and when he managed to pass the outside edge of SL batsmen, his reaction seemed like "Hey i can pass the outside edge with a good swinger".
Well 1998 was the last time when India won against Sl in a final on SL soil, so this was sort of historic win.
Enjoyed the way SL started their run chase and hold on to it till they fumbled at final lap, they were aggressive and taking Indian bowlers from scruff of their necks, It took a aggressive bhajji to wield his magic, it was good to see bhajji finally taking the mantle of taking wickets in his hands, not to forget bowling of raina his little off cutters and slower ones were economically very useful in course of the victory.
Well the no.2 side in the world, well as Dhoni rightly said in his interview if u have hopes of being no.1 than we need fielding to be on the money, pace bowling to be of utmost quality, the potential is there and we have seen it, its matter of being consistent or well have some more experience, well Champions trophy is not even a week away, so come one India tighten the loose ends get on the money and win the Champions trophy and become a champion side in real terms.
Congratulations to the Indian team and all the best for Champions trophy.....get us one more cup!!!!!!!!!!

1 comment:

  1. Cricket at last! ... Will look forward to your commentary on cricket regularly ... how about analyzing each team's chances in the Champions Trophy ... better yet, predict the final 4 :)

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